Operations Management
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ISBN: 9780132921145
Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 32P
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• 4.32 The following data relate the sales figures of the bar in Mark Kaltenbach’s small bed-and-breakfast inn in Portand, to the number of guests registered that week:
| WEEK | GUESTS | BAR SALES |
| 1 | 16 | $330 |
| 2 | 12 | 270 |
| 3 | 18 | 380 |
| 4 | 14 | 300 |
- a. Perform a linear regression that relates bar sales to guests (not to time).
- b. If the
forecast is for 20 guests next week, what are the sales expected to be?
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QUESTION 8
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